prasinus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →prasinus, prasina, prasinum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
leek-green;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil. XXXIII Saepius ad palmam prasinus post fata Neronis pervenit et victor praemia plura refert..."- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...imitari et subinde dominum suum sponsione provocare si prasinus proximis circensibus primam palmam". [LXXI] Diffusus hac contentione Trimalchio..."